Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That there shall be elected by joint ballot of both branches of the General Assembly at its present session five judges in addition to the one now authorized by law, who shall preside in the several circuit courts, now or hereafter authorized and required to be held in the several counties of this state and shall exercise and possess such jurisdiction therein as is or may be allowed to the circuit courts in this state.

Sec. 2 The said circuit judges when thus elected shall be commissioned by the Governor, and shall hold their offices during good behaviour. The said judges shall reside in their respective circuits to which they may be assigned. And all laws which require the judges of the supreme court to hold circuit courts, so far as such requisition is concerned, are hereby repealed.

Sec 3 There shall be two terms of the supreme Court held annually, at the seat of GovernmentThis act to be in force from and after its passage